Refrigeration Energy in Supply Network and Operations

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) has been used successfully by many organisations to plan and identify internal improvements. Furthermore when used appropriately it can help the process industry eliminate waste, maintain better inventory control, improve product quality, and obtain better overall financial and operational control.

The ultimate goal of VSM is to identify all types of waste in the value stream and to take steps to try to eliminate these. Waste can be any part of the process that takes time and resources but adds no value to the product and can even include something as small as taking extra footsteps to bring a product to another part of the factory for finishing.

The following areas of refrigeration energy wastage have been identified in the companies investigated:

Difficulties in achieving and maintaining temperatures

Temperatures throughout all of the sites fluctuated greatly from room to room